Tower-Fall-2018

FALL 2018 | TOWER 3 CONTENTS Fall 2018 FEATURES REBECCA MURGA ’03: SOLDIER STORYTELLER SARAH LAUCH ’98: LIVE LIKE ROO VISUAL IMPAIRMENT EDUCATION: A HIDDEN GEM AT KU DEPARTMENTS NEWS AND NOTES BACK TO CLASS WITH… Dr. Richard Wells CLASS NOTES IN MEMORIAM 16 18 4 24 27 29 12 18 24 12 16 PRESIDENT OF KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS &ATHLETICS: Matt Santos M’03 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Alex Ogeka DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS: Bryan Salvadore ‘10, M’12 NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT Kutztown University does not discriminate in employment or educational opportunities on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Tower magazine, issued November 2018, is published by Kutztown University, a member of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. The Tower is published twice a year, winter and summer. Address correspondence to: Kutztown University, O ice of University Relations, P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, PA 19530 or email tower@kutztown.edu . Telephone: 610-683-4114 Submissions for Class Notes may be sent to alumni@kuf.org. ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITYMARKETING& COMMUNICATIONS: Sharon Tercha ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY MARKETING DESIGN& PRINTMEDIA: Camille DeMarco ’81, M’01 DESIGN: Kerry Hoyes Lord ’03 CONTRIBUTORS: David Johnson, Nikki Murry ’98, Denise Gilbert ’91, and Andrew Ferguson ON THE COVER REBECCA MURGA ’03 EARNED A BRONZE STAR FIGHTING FOR HER COUNTRY. NOW SHE IS EARNING AWARDS FOR HER FILMMAKING. PHOTO BY ANDREW FERGUSON